How should I format author degrees?

• Do not put periods or spaces in degree abbreviations (Correct: MSc, MPH, MD, PhD; Incorrect: Ph.D., M.P.H., M Sc)
• We do not accept PhD candidate as a degree (ie, Incorrect: PhD (c), PhD (C), PhD (cand.), or PhD (ABD))
• Author degrees should be sorted from lowest to highest (“MPH, PhD”, not “PhD, MPH”). Use the arrow up/down buttons in the metadata form to change the order (top=first)
• Do not include degree specializations or concentrations in parentheses (ie, MSc, MD; not MSc (Geography), MD (Pediatrics). The following cases are exceptions to this rule:
• Honors degrees, ie, BSc (Hons)
• Grad diplomas, ie, Grad Dip (Geoinformatics)
• Board certifications
• Potentially: Fellowships
• Do not include job titles, such as "Professor", as a degree
  • Note: the European degrees "Prof Dr" and "Dr med" are fine to use, if applicable

Undergraduate students or patient/consumer-coauthors may not have any degree and that is ok - simply do not enter any degrees in the submission form.

See also:

•  How should I enter author affiliations?
• How do I add a Group Author?
• What is an ORCID, why is it mandatory to have one, and how can I get one?
• As submitting author, where do I enter the ORCIDs of my coauthors?
• As a co-author, how do I add my ORCID to the manuscript metadata?